Big Myanmar protests aim to ‘shake the world’; five killed –
Myanmar security forces opened fire on some of the biggest protests against military rule in days, killing at least five people on Sunday, media reported, three months after a coup ...
India’s Covid daily cases hold close to record, another state imposes lockdown
India’s new coronavirus cases dipped marginally on Sunday but deaths due to the infection jumped by a record 3,689, with one more state going into lockdown as the nation’s ...
North Korea warns U.S. may find itself in ‘very grave situation’
North Korea lashed out at the United States and its allies in South Korea on Sunday in a series of statements saying recent comments from Washington are proof of a ...
Explainer: What we know about the Indian variant
India has recorded the world’s sharpest spike in coronavirus infections this month, with political and financial capitals New Delhi and Mumbai running out of hospital beds, oxygen and medicines.
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Vaccination centres close in Mumbai as India posts another record rise in COVID-19
All vaccination centres in India’s financial capital of Mumbai were shut for three days starting Friday due to a shortage of vaccines, said authorities, as the country posted another ...
Thai court denies bail for activists on hunger strike over royal insults
A court in Thailand on Thursday denied bail for seven detained activists accused of insulting the king, two of whom have deteriorating health from more than a month of hunger ...
Japan ratifies RCEP, world’s largest trade deal including China, ASEAN
Japan’s upper house of parliament on Wednesday approved the world’s largest free trade deal, which comprises 15 Asia-Pacific countries and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
The ...
Indians rush for vaccines as Covid death toll passes 200,000
Indians struggled to register online for a mass vaccination drive set to begin at the weekend as the country’s toll from the coronavirus surged past 200,000 on Wednesday, worsened by ...
5G quantum phones debut in China
With a super SIM card and app, some Chinese smartphone users will soon be able to make phone calls protected by quantum encryption.
Unlike traditional encryption methods that rely solely ...
India’s coronavirus death toll surpasses 200,000 after record case surge
India’s COVID-19 death toll surged past 200,000 on Wednesday as shortages of oxygen, medical supplies and hospital staff compounded a record number of new cases of the virus.
India’s ...
India asks Twitter to take down tweets critical of its Covid handling
The Indian government asked social media platform Twitter to take down dozens of tweets, including some by local lawmakers, that were critical of India’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak, ...
Coronavirus swamps Indian hospitals as countries promise aid
India’s new coronavirus infections hit a record peak for a fifth day on Monday, as countries including Britain, Germany and the United States pledged to send urgent medical aid ...
India coronavirus cases set new global record, U.S. readies help
India set a new global record of the most number of coronavirus infections in a day, as the United States said it was racing to send help to the country.
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India’s coronavirus infections rose by 346,786 overnight
By Sanjeev Miglani and Manoj Kumar
India’s coronavirus infections rose by 346,786 overnight, the health ministry said on Saturday, setting a new world record for the third consecutive day, as ...
China could rule world’s technology, UK cyber spy chief says
The West must urgently act to ensure China does not dominate important emerging technologies and gain control of the “global operating system”, Britain’s top cyber spy said on Friday.
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India records worlds highest number of infections, hospitals running out of oxygen
India reported the world’s highest daily tally of coronavirus cases for the second day on Friday, surpassing 330,000 new cases, as it struggles with a health system in crisis and ...
India posts world record Covid cases with oxygen running out
India recorded the world’s highest daily tally of 314,835 Covid-19 infections on Thursday as a second wave of the pandemic raised new fears about the ability of crumbling health services ...
Car bombing at luxury hotel in Quetta kills 4, Chinese ambassador possible target
car bomb blast late on Wednesday ripped through a luxury hotel’s parking area in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, killing four people and wounding 11, officials said.
China’s ...
Cambodia police defend caning of lockdown offenders
Cambodian police defended on Wednesday making arrests and punishing people by beating them using rattan canes for breaching coronavirus restrictions during a two-week lockdown aimed at containing a spike in ...
Non-stop cremations cast doubt on India’s counting of COVID dead
Gas and firewood furnaces at a crematorium in the western Indian state of Gujarat have been running so long without a break during the COVID-19 pandemic that metal parts have ...
Myanmar state media says death toll in violence exaggerated
Myanmar’s state media said on Monday that 258 civilians have died in violence in the country in anti-military protests since Feb. 1 and that other tolls were exaggerated.
According to the ...
Modi appeals to keep Hindu festival symbolic as India’s infections surge
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday appealed to devotees to keep a key Hindu festival symbolic as the country reported more than 200,000 new COVID-19 infections for the third straight ...
Cancellation of Olympics remains an option as pandemic’s fourth wave surges
A senior Japanese ruling party official said cancelling this year’s Olympics in Tokyo remains an option if the coronavirus crisis becomes too dire, as a fourth wave of infections ...
Biden to start US Afghanistan pullout on May 1
President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he will begin withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan on May 1 to end America’s longest war, rejecting calls for U.S. forces to ...